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Edward Herrmann
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Actor Born: July 21, 1943 in Washington, DC Biography:Tony-winning American stage and film actor "Edward Herrmann" used his Fulbright scholarship to study at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; several years of regional theatre led to movie and TV work. In 1977 Herrmann offered the first of his many interpretations of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the TV movie "Eleanor and Franklin" (He'd later be a singing FDR in the theatrical feature "Annie" [1982]). The actor was frequently dissatisfied with his own performances, feeling that with a little more time he could do much better. Such was the case of his portrayal of baseball great Lou Gehrig in the TV drama "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1979), though Herrmann was proud of the fact that he learned to pitch and bat southpaw, something that a previous movie Gehrig, "Gary Cooper", never quite mastered. His occasional villainous movie appearances notwithstanding, "Edward Herrmann" is to... Full Biography
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